Unaware that My Legitimate Sister is My Husband - Chapter 67
~End of chapter 66
Her little granddaughter Xianxian and the crown prince were simply not people who could be together.
If the old matriarch had to choose herself, then she would choose the most beautiful looking, with the best body, so Xi Yao, even though she had a lot of little schemes, this kind of girl seemed to be the kind that the crown prince, that kind of man, would like.
Even if he didn’t like the girl, he wouldn’t hate her body.
But no matter what, Xi Xian shouldn’t be his choice.
The old matriarch had lived for so many years and had never seen any man who would be infatuated with a kind of girl like Xi Xian was.
Chapter 67
(24.2)
Xi Xian was close to reach the age of maturity, but her face was still small, with a bit of baby fat, making her look immature. She couldn’t incite any desire in a man, not to mention any doting.
Anyone could see that they were not suitable, but the crown prince was in love with Xianxian.
At this moment, Zi Yu from her legitimate sister’s courtyard walked in to inform the old matriarch, her body was slim and tall, she only made a nimble greeting to the old matriarch before her hoarse and calm voice said: “Old madam, our mistress commanded, if there are some things that miss Xian does not like, then you do not have to force her, this opportunity can be left to others and that’s it.”
Xi Xian, who was still kneeling on the ground was bewildered for a moment, and her small lowered face full of tears was frozen, in a daze.
How did Zi Yu know about the matters happening inside the old matriarch’s courtyard?
It was only a short period of time, but she came so quickly, that was really fast.
The old matriarch gazed at miss Zi Yu for a long time, before slowly sighing: “Your mistress indulges her too much.”
“A young girl of this age, when she is being willful and immature, you have to explain to her clearly the consequences and the pros and cons, why indulge her on every matter ? On the contrary, it will spoil the child until she becomes unable to accomplish anything.”
Zi Yu wasn’t as tactful as Qing Yu was, at this moment, she just hummed and said: “The mistress’s decision, this servant does not dare to disobey.”
Xi Xian was kneeling on the side, her face still full of hanging tears. Zi Yu helped her up, took an handkerchief and helped her dry her tears, before she inclined her head and bluntly said: “This servant will take her leave now.”
When Zi Yu left, the old matriarch personally got up and pulled Xi Xian to sit back in her seat. She pinched her little face while helplessly saying, “Xian Xian ah, grandmother previously did not think so, but now I really feel that my little granddaughter’s fate is good.”
“But, this good fate, it has to be long-lasting. If it can’t be as long as a lifetime, then it’s better not to have it.”
Xi Xian couldn’t understand, if this fate of hers was considered as good, was there anyone else in the world who didn’t have a good fate?
Xi Xian did not reply to the old matriarch, she just felt like she was relieved of a heavy load, as she walked out of the old matriarch’s room, and went back to the turquoise screen cupboard to read and write.
These days, she was required to read books every day, and to write words on a copybook, there was no stricter requirements, it was just this kind of cultivation of the body and mind, which Xi Xian herself was also happy to do. Besides, she had not read most of these books, and when she couldn’t understand some obscure sentences, there was always some annotations to explain it, which made sure she could clearly understand what she was reading.
Xi Xian noticed that the annotations were written in the zanhua small script, which was the handwriting style that she was used to in her past life. Each stroke of it was graceful and delicate, which made it clear that it was her legitimate sister who had written the annotations.
But Xi Xian thought that her legitimate sister didn’t need to use the zanhua small script.
As Xi Xian vaguely thought about the appearance of her legitimate sister raising her little finger and holding on to her sleeve to write under the window sill, she covered her cheeks, wanting to laugh, but then she remembered her big sister’s cold and expressionless face, and turned dispirited at once.
While looking at a book, she thought back for a moment, slightly recollecting a few details about the empress’s birthday banquet.
At this time, in fact, the old emperor’s health was already decaying, he was only relying on the oral use of very strong and vicious medicine, which made his insides turn so rotten they were out of shape. Thus he even more so had to rely on the empress’s birthday to create a festive atmosphere, not only to replenish the auspicious energy, but also to make the people who had some intentions to size up his condition have some hesitation in their heart, so that they would stay put.
For this, the old emperor had to organize this birthday banquet well.
More importantly, the old emperor was going to use this opportunity to once again select a few beautiful daughters from noble families to fill the harem, this way he could win over some families, but also enjoy young bodies.
Emperor Suiyuan was a very mediocre emperor, and he was even more so foolish, especially in his later years.
He had the loneliness and the sensitive mind that emperors typically had, but he did not have the skills that matched with it, all his life he had been living under the illusion that he was holding everything in his hands, but his wrists were not enough to resist the crown prince who had been patiently waiting for revenge more than a decade, and until his death, he still wasn’t aware of who his real enemy was.
That was why, at the end of his life, he thought that he had misunderstood the crown prince, and that the crown prince was a good, loyal and filial son.
Translator : Laura
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